English Explanatory Dictionary

autonomous oblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the administrative divisions of the former Soviet Union created for certain “smaller” nations and characterized by following features: they were given an autonomy within a union republic or, in the RSFSR, within a krai; had a status lower than an autonomous republic; had a different titular nation from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

autonomous oblast autonomous oblasts autonomous oblasti

Related words

autonomous republic autonomous okrug

Derived words

Adyghe Autonomous Oblast Chechen Autonomous Oblast Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast Cherkess Autonomous Oblast Chuvash Autonomous Oblast Ingush Autonomous Oblast Jewish Autonomous Oblast Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Oyrot Autonomous Oblast South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast
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